At 06/21/2002 09:38 PM Friday, AYG212001@aol.com wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Dear Broyles List- I am the poor soul that has a relative that works >for the >gov. and his job is checking identity theft using the net. I never >put any >of my information on the net except for answering emails and if >someone else >did, they should have asked first. This poor lady was shocked to see >her >entire families names, dates and places of birth for certain people to >see. >Evidently, you know nothing about name or identity theft. Poor >you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you believe in a virus that >may >slip into your computer and gather info or is that just a myth in this >poor >lady's head. **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** Enough of this thread! The lady in question published her genealogy information on the Web as a "Family Tree". Evidently she was a "newbie" and didn't realize that ANYONE could read her data and post it somewhere else. Now she wants the information removed. I'm sorry, but once the information is out there, it's impossible to remove it everywhere it may appear. A note of caution to everyone: When you create a GEDCOM (.GED File) from your genealogy program, be SURE you do not include anything you want kept private. All good genealogy programs give you the option of NOT including any information on LIVING persons. Use that option! George